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ORDER OF SHUTI
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as of July 25, XXVI
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Grand Master:
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Robert Menschel IV*
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Post Office Box 2369
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Citrus Heights, CA 95611, U.S.A.
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MCI-Mail: 339-4584
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Shu and Tefnut, the twin lion gods, are opposites. Shu and Tefnut
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are male and female, hot and cold, dry and wet, public and private,
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intellectual and emotional, et cetera and so forth.
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Alone, either one would be dangerously unbalanced, and would have
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earned an evil reputation for his or her excesses. But Shu and
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Tefnut are always together. Each defines the other; each requires
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the other. Each balances and tempers the other. Shu's most prominent
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headpiece, the feather of Ma'at, emphasizes this balance, as does
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the representation of Shu through the use of this feather alone, as
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a single hieroglyph. Shuti is Shu and Tefnut together, under one
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name, as one composite being.
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The Order of Shuti is dedicated to the study of Opposition and
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Balance, Opposition in Balance, Balance in Opposition, and Balance
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through Opposition. By 'Opposition' we don't mean just conflict
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(though of course that is included). We will study and use
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opposites, the actions and forces of these opposites, the ranges of
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existence between these opposites, the balance of these opposites,
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and the dynamic magical implications thereof.
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One obsolete philosophy of magic was that to achieve balance, the
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magician had to experience and participate in the extremes (often
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the extremes of good and evil).
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There are simply too many different pairs of opposites and extremes
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for a magician to experience them all. Further, many extremes are
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downright dangerous, such as extreme hot and cold, unnecessarily
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evil and unlawful acts, and excessively self-sacrificing acts. But
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the Initiate of Shuti will recognize and work with any and all
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opposites/extremes, and with the ranges and balances between them,
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whenever and however appropriate.
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"For with no purpose the force of the mind must fall..." This study
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of opposition and balance can support many diverse goals.
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One such purpose will be to study and understand the physical and
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objective universe, and the magical and subjective universe, so that
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we may change those universes (per the challenge of Michael, found
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in the _Diabolicon_'s Statement of Satan ArchDaimon).
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Other goals and purposes will be supported; this is but one which
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has been defined and will be offered to interested Initiates. Any
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and all sets of opposites will be valid and appropriate areas of
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study for the Initiate. The universes are our library and our
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laboratory. But some topics will be of global interest:
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Life and Death are the major pair of Opposites. We will work to
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recognize all forms and degrees of these opposites. We will work to
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always strive for Life, to always reject Death.
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One set of Opposites of major interest is Self and Not-Self. How do
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we define our Selves? When we Remanifest continued existence without
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these bodily shells, how will we then define our Selves? How will we
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differentiate between personal _Xeper_ and the willful modification
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of the external universe?
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We will also study Set and the Opposite Self, HarWer. We will study
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them as individual entities, as Opposite Selves, and as Satan (Set
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and HarWer fused).
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Related to these above topics, we will examine the opposites of your
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own Higher Self, that towards which you _Xeper_, and your Lower
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Self, that which you Will outgrow.
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Some other pairs of opposites are knowledge and ignorance, ability
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and inability, comprehension and noncomprehension, perception and
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nonperception, etc. Shu is a god of knowledge, the light of the sun.
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With Tefnut's influence, Shuti is a god of active Satanic
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enlightenment. We therefore expect the Order's Initiates to actively
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contribute material to the _Scroll of Set_ and the _Ruby Tablet of
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Set_. We also expect the Order's Initiates to participate in,
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assist, and/or lead pylons as appropriate, whether local pylons,
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pylons structured like the Gates of Hell, or otherwise.
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The Order will publish a newsletter. The publication schedule will
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depend upon the quantity of material submitted. The majority of this
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material will be Order specific, dealing with the topics mentioned
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above. But reflecting Shuti's attribute of Enlightenment, the
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newsletter can also be used to circulate drafts of articles destined
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for the _Scroll of Set_ and the _Ruby Tablet of Set_, for feedback
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and refinement before their official publication.
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The newsletter will also carry information useful to pylon leaders,
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and may be used as a means of communication between pylon leaders.
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All II*+ Setians may subscribe to the newsletter. These
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subscriptions will be automatic and without charge for active
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members of the Order, Masters of the Temple of Set (as members of
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honor), and pylon leaders. Others may request subscriptions by
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writing to the Grand Master.
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Any II*+ Setian may apply for Initiation into the Order, by writing
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to the Grand Master. There is no fee for Initiation or membership in
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the Order. The only requirement is the ability and commitment to
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Work within the above areas of concentration. |